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New Tab Lite

by Ramkumar K R · Functionality & UI
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

A Fast and Light weight new tab

Users
59
+4 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
6
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#101K
#84K among extensions
Version
0.0.5
updated 22 Oct 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
105295Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 59 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
247Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 6 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About New Tab Lite

An extremely fast and lightweight(< 5 KB) New Tab extension for chrome which displays all your bookmarks on the new tab. Features - Minimalistic There are many extensions which provide you beautiful pictures and what not. This extension follows a minimalistic approach where only bookmarks are shown. If you are a person who likes a minimalistic approach for things, then this extension is made for you. - Folder Structure Bookmarks stored in a folder appear inside a pane with the name of the folder being the title of the panel. Refer to the screenshot for more details. - Extremely small The size of this extension is just 3.92 KB (Compared to other extensions which is at least 2 times greater in size. You can verify this by comparing the sizes of extensions at the bottom right corner in the web store) - Super fast This new tab extension loads in just 90-100ms which is 9 to 10 times faster than the default new tab page (The default new tab page takes about a second to load. This can be verified using chrome developer tools.) - A perfect fit The new tab page adjusts and re-aligns itself to fit perfectly to your chrome window. No matter how big or small your chrome window is, you never have to scroll horizontally. EVER. - Open Source You can contribute and make this extension better on github. Link - https://github.com/ramkumar-kr/new-tab-lite Explaining the Permissions Required This extension requires two permissions. 1. "Read and Change your bookmarks" - This permission is required to read your bookmarks and display them on the new tab page. The change permission is also requested since chrome does not have an API to just read bookmarks 2. "Read the icons of the website you visit" - This permission is required to display favicons for the bookmarks. For more information please google for chrome://favicon/ Please put up suggestions, questions, thoughts and feedback on the support tab. - Simple and clean interface - Very small size footprint - Fits perfectly for all screen sizes - Insanely fast loading time - User Data kept private - Open Source - Link to github - https://github.com/ramkumar-kr/new-tab-lite =========================== Version 0.0.5 - Switch to manifest v3 - Use theme based colors instead of static colors. Your OS theme now dictates how the new tab colors are selected =========================== Version 0.0.4 - Add a feedback form after uninstall Sorry for being a bit annoying here but I felt that the reasons to uninstall could be due to some UX issues which needs to be fixed. ============================ Version 0.0.3 - Add favicons to your bookmarks A picture is said to be worth a thousand words. Even though adding favicons can make the loading slower by about 40-50ms, compared to the accessibility and the usefulness of the favicons, I decided to add favicons and make this release

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+2+3.5%00.00
30 days+4+7.3%00.00
6 months−15−20.3%00.00
1 year−15−20.3%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
0.0.522 Oct 2024
0.0.431 Oct 2016

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
31 Oct 2016
Size
5 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
mmcfakhifkbklimgbnmmlmkgegollpgh

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 1
Permissions
faviconbookmarks

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